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https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-paid-apps-free-140-dollar-value-2015-2Amazon is giving away $140 worth of premium apps (AMZN)https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-paid-apps-free-140-dollar-value-2015-2
Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:55:00 -0500Jillian D'Onfro
<p><img style="float:right;" src="https://static1.businessinsider.com/image/54dd03a76da811164b8b4568-796-597/apps-19.png" border="0" alt="Apps "/></p><p>Hey, Kindle Fire owners, or any of the few people who own a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-fire-phone-review-2014-7" target="_blank">Fire Phone</a>: Amazon is giving away <a href="https://www.amazon.com/b/ref=amb_link_429987462_2?ie=UTF8&amp;node=10076151011&amp;pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-top-1&amp;pf_rd_r=0GVB87EW6W5BCC3RNZD1&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=2037882422&amp;pf_rd_i=2350149011&amp;tag=b0c55-20">37 premium apps for free</a>.</p>
<p>One of the apps — Travel Interpreter — would ordinarily cost $9.99 by itself.</p>
<p>If you purchased all the apps at their regular prices, you&#39;d be dishing out $140 total, <a href="https://bgr.com/2015/02/12/amazon-free-android-apps-download-feb-12/">according to BGR&#39;s math</a>.</p>
<p>The selection covers a wide variety of topics, including games, exercise apps, travel resources, expense management, and more. </p>
<p>You can <a href="https://www.amazon.com/b/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;node=10076151011&amp;pf_rd_i=2350149011&amp;pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_p=2037882422&amp;pf_rd_r=0GVB87EW6W5BCC3RNZD1&amp;pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-top-1&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;tag=biarchive-20&amp;linkId=A2CDAWUBBEZSWLWI">check out the whole bundle</a> here.</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/google-maps-new-york-city-insider-spots-2015-2" >13 cool New York City spots that even real New Yorkers probably don't know about </a></strong></p>
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Thu, 31 Jul 2014 09:41:00 -0400Jillian D'Onfro
<p><img style="float:right;" src="https://static1.businessinsider.com/image/53da429ceab8eac744c0cc6b-520-390/amazon-language-coach.png" border="0" alt="Amazon Language Coach"/></p><p>Hey, Kindle Fire owners (or anyone who is thinking about <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-fire-phone-review-2014-7" target="_blank">getting a new Fire Phone</a>): Amazon is giving away <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=tsm_1_tw_s_app_n9jokb?node=2350149011&amp;hidden-keywords=B0081SRJSY|B00AKO93JK|B007BFSYMS|B004T4LUPW|B004FOOQV6|B008P1EWIM|B0097HSS4M|B008RA3X5E|B004W4N55C|B0088YACP8|B00900NAFI|B00DSY8D36|B004SDSSFY|B004OZOTSQ|B00BXI26XC|B004WGGQPQ|B004SYP5WC|B004SC3BLG|B004RJ6978|B007SN9TKE|B0064BCNA4|B00KDEVVDI|B007TKT2SK|B00BJ8SXFG|B00881PPTO|B00DIJQAI6|B00DVQ7EGS|B00BFEVFP4|B00G6HW8II|B00KZ1X43O" target="_blank">30 &#34;self-improvement&#34; apps for free</a>.</p>
<p>The selection covers a wide range of topics, including recipes, workout tips, games, educational stuff, and budgeting resources. </p>
<p>Amazon says if you download all of the apps that it&#39;s giving away for free, you&#39;ll be saving more than $100. One of the apps, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Jourist-Verlags-GmbH-Language-Coach/dp/B00G6HW8II/ref=sr_1_28?s=mobile-apps&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1406812557&amp;sr=1-28" target="_blank">Language Coach</a>, is $9.99 by itself. </p>
<p>The bundle of apps will only be available for free on Thursday and Friday before they return to normal prices.</p>
<p>One of the complaints about Amazon&#39;s new smartphone was that <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-fire-phone-review-2014-7" target="_blank">the app ecosystem wasn&#39;t robust enough</a>, so this move gives it an opportunity to prove that while it may not have some of the more &#34;name brand&#34; apps, it has plenty of its own alternatives. </p>
<p>Last month, Amazon had a similar two-day free window for <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-paid-apps-free-2014-6" target="_blank">some of its most popular apps</a>. </p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-drones-2014-7#ixzz393JQ5TgZ" >Why Amazon Needs Drones More Than People Realize</a></strong></p>
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Tue, 13 Aug 2013 16:12:00 -0400Tony Danova
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Tue, 30 Jul 2013 16:03:00 -0400Business Insider
<p><span><img style="float:right;" src="https://static5.businessinsider.com/image/502d1b9f69bedde17e000003-428-282/amazon.png" border="0" alt="amazon" width="428" height="282"/>U.S. mobile commerce is exploding. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/amazoncom" class="hidden_link">Amazon</a>, as a leading ecommerce site, is set to grab a big chunk of that.</span></p>
<p>But when it comes to mobile, Amazon&#39;s ambitions are anything but limited to ecommerce. </p>
<p>Recent reports from<a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/welcome?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile"> <strong>BI Intelligence</strong></a> detail Amazon&#39;s mobile ambitions, analyzing everything from the potential impact of a rumored Amazon smartphone to Amazon&#39;s ability to become a huge player in mobile advertising.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/welcome?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile"><strong>Access the Full Reports By Signing Up For A Free Trial Today &gt;&gt;&gt;</strong></a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Here&#39;s a brief overview of Amazon&#39;s mobile ambitions: </strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Tablet Sales: </strong><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/android-and-amazon-tablets-grow-2012-11?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">Amazon&#39;s Kindle tablets and Android tablets had a big third quarter last year. </a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/android-and-amazon-tablets-grow-2012-11?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">Kindle shipments, including e-readers, jumped 104% in the quarter, likely helped by the early September launch of the new Kindle Fire tablet line</a> and the fact that the 7-inch version began shipping that month. It&#39;s tablets </span></span>priced very competitively. With the release of the Nexus and the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/ipad" class="hidden_link">iPad</a> mini, the competition has never been hotter. </li>
<li><strong>Software sales</strong>: <a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/who-will-win-the-mobile-platform-wars-2012-8?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">The Amazon Appstore has been a huge success on the Kindle Fire. Developers make almost as much revenue per active user as they do on iOS</a>. <a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/amazon-appstore-competes-with-google-2013-4?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">Google Play has many more users, but it does not generate substantially more revenue in the U.S. than the Amazon Appstore</a>. Apple executives reportedly worry that Amazon&#39;s controlled, iTunes-like approach makes it more competitive than other app stores, including one operated by <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/google" class="hidden_link">Google</a>. Given strong early results, Amazon shouldn&#39;t have a hard time convincing developers to bring their apps to an Amazon phone. </li>
<li><strong>Media sales</strong><span>: </span><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-a-phone-2012-7?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">The Kindle Fire is best understood as an interactive catalog which drives sales of all sorts of Amazon products.</a><span> The <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/kindle" class="hidden_link">Kindle</a> ecosystem includes ebooks (Kindle app), music (Amazon MP3), movies and TV shows (Amazon Prime), and apps. Almost 50 million Americans visited an Amazon site on their smartphones in July. <a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/chart-amazon-is-by-far-the-largest-smartphone-retail-property-2012-9?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">Over 86 million U.S. smartphone owners accessed a retailers&#39; app or mobile site, meaning 47% went to an Amazon property</a>. The next largest smartphone draw was <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/ebay" class="hidden_link">eBay</a>, which had 33 million visitors with a reach of 31%.</span></li>
<li><strong>Smartphone Sales:</strong><span> Amazon continues to push forward with the makings of a smartphone platform. The potential platform has been </span><a href="https://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303567704577519800332392724.html" target="_blank" title="WSJ: Amazon, With Suppliers, Is Testing A Smartphone">widely rumored</a><span> but not yet confirmed.</span><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-a-phone-2012-7?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile"> The beginnings of a platform strategy are coming together: a recent purchase of 3D mapping startup UpNext, last year&#39;s acquisition of voice recognition software creator Yap, and the launch of a prepaid wireless service in Japan</a><span>. However, big questions remain about its ability to build out and manage a software platform and design the hardware to deliver it.</span></li>
<li><strong>Mobile ads</strong>: Amazon has the potential to be a huge force in mobile advertising. <a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/amazons-key-strengths-in-advertising-2012-4?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">Data is the lifeblood of online advertising and Amazon has a unique data trove. It&#39;s not just data on what people like to buy, but data on what recommendations work in getting people to buy things. </a></li>
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Tue, 02 Jul 2013 13:25:00 -0400Business Insider
<p><span><img style="float:right;" src="https://static5.businessinsider.com/image/502d1b9f69bedde17e000003-428-282/amazon.png" border="0" alt="amazon" width="428" height="282"/>U.S. mobile commerce is exploding. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/amazoncom" class="hidden_link">Amazon</a>, as a leading ecommerce site, is set to grab a big chunk of that.</span></p>
<p>But when it comes to mobile, Amazon&#39;s ambitions are anything but limited to ecommerce. </p>
<p>Recent reports from<a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/welcome?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile"> <strong>BI Intelligence</strong></a> detail Amazon&#39;s mobile ambitions, analyzing everything from the potential impact of a rumored Amazon smartphone to Amazon&#39;s ability to become a huge player in mobile advertising.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/welcome?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile"><strong>Access the Full Reports By Signing Up For A Free Trial Today &gt;&gt;&gt;</strong></a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Here&#39;s a brief overview of Amazon&#39;s mobile ambitions: </strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Tablet Sales: </strong><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/android-and-amazon-tablets-grow-2012-11?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">Amazon&#39;s Kindle tablets and Android tablets had a big third quarter last year. </a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/android-and-amazon-tablets-grow-2012-11?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">Kindle shipments, including e-readers, jumped 104% in the quarter, likely helped by the early September launch of the new Kindle Fire tablet line</a> and the fact that the 7-inch version began shipping that month. It&#39;s tablets </span></span>priced very competitively. With the release of the Nexus and the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/ipad" class="hidden_link">iPad</a> mini, the competition has never been hotter. </li>
<li><strong>Software sales</strong>: <a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/who-will-win-the-mobile-platform-wars-2012-8?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">The Amazon Appstore has been a huge success on the Kindle Fire. Developers make almost as much revenue per active user as they do on iOS</a>. <a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/amazon-appstore-competes-with-google-2013-4?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">Google Play has many more users, but it does not generate substantially more revenue in the U.S. than the Amazon Appstore</a>. Apple executives reportedly worry that Amazon&#39;s controlled, iTunes-like approach makes it more competitive than other app stores, including one operated by <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/google" class="hidden_link">Google</a>. Given strong early results, Amazon shouldn&#39;t have a hard time convincing developers to bring their apps to an Amazon phone. </li>
<li><strong>Media sales</strong><span>: </span><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-a-phone-2012-7?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">The Kindle Fire is best understood as an interactive catalog which drives sales of all sorts of Amazon products.</a><span> The <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/kindle" class="hidden_link">Kindle</a> ecosystem includes ebooks (Kindle app), music (Amazon MP3), movies and TV shows (Amazon Prime), and apps. Almost 50 million Americans visited an Amazon site on their smartphones in July. <a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/chart-amazon-is-by-far-the-largest-smartphone-retail-property-2012-9?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">Over 86 million U.S. smartphone owners accessed a retailers&#39; app or mobile site, meaning 47% went to an Amazon property</a>. The next largest smartphone draw was <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/ebay" class="hidden_link">eBay</a>, which had 33 million visitors with a reach of 31%.</span></li>
<li><strong>Smartphone Sales:</strong><span> Amazon continues to push forward with the makings of a smartphone platform. The potential platform has been </span><a href="https://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303567704577519800332392724.html" target="_blank" title="WSJ: Amazon, With Suppliers, Is Testing A Smartphone">widely rumored</a><span> but not yet confirmed.</span><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-a-phone-2012-7?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile"> The beginnings of a platform strategy are coming together: a recent purchase of 3D mapping startup UpNext, last year&#39;s acquisition of voice recognition software creator Yap, and the launch of a prepaid wireless service in Japan</a><span>. However, big questions remain about its ability to build out and manage a software platform and design the hardware to deliver it.</span></li>
<li><strong>Mobile ads</strong>: Amazon has the potential to be a huge force in mobile advertising. <a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/amazons-key-strengths-in-advertising-2012-4?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">Data is the lifeblood of online advertising and Amazon has a unique data trove. It&#39;s not just data on what people like to buy, but data on what recommendations work in getting people to buy things. </a></li>
</ul>
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Fri, 03 May 2013 10:40:00 -0400Business Insider
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<p>But when it comes to mobile, Amazon&#39;s ambitions are anything but limited to ecommerce. </p>
<p>Recent reports from<a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/welcome?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile"> <strong>BI Intelligence</strong></a> detail Amazon&#39;s mobile ambitions, analyzing everything from the potential impact of a rumored Amazon smartphone to Amazon&#39;s ability to become a huge player in mobile advertising.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/welcome?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile"><strong>Access the Full Reports By Signing Up For A Free Trial Today &gt;&gt;&gt;</strong></a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Here&#39;s a brief overview of Amazon&#39;s mobile ambitions: </strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Tablet Sales: </strong><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/android-and-amazon-tablets-grow-2012-11?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">Amazon&#39;s Kindle tablets and Android tablets had a big third quarter last year. </a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/android-and-amazon-tablets-grow-2012-11?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">Kindle shipments, including e-readers, jumped 104% in the quarter, likely helped by the early September launch of the new Kindle Fire tablet line</a> and the fact that the 7-inch version began shipping that month. It&#39;s tablets </span></span>priced very competitively. With the release of the Nexus and the <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/ipad">iPad</a> mini, the competition has never been hotter. </li>
<li><strong>Software sales</strong>: <a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/who-will-win-the-mobile-platform-wars-2012-8?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">The Amazon Appstore has been a huge success on the Kindle Fire. Developers make almost as much revenue per active user as they do on iOS</a>. <a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/amazon-appstore-competes-with-google-2013-4?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">Google Play has many more users, but it does not generate substantially more revenue in the U.S. than the Amazon Appstore</a>. Apple executives reportedly worry that Amazon&#39;s controlled, iTunes-like approach makes it more competitive than other app stores, including one operated by <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/google">Google</a>. Given strong early results, Amazon shouldn&#39;t have a hard time convincing developers to bring their apps to an Amazon phone. </li>
<li><strong>Media sales</strong><span>: </span><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-a-phone-2012-7?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">The Kindle Fire is best understood as an interactive catalog which drives sales of all sorts of Amazon products.</a><span> The <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/kindle">Kindle</a> ecosystem includes ebooks (Kindle app), music (Amazon MP3), movies and TV shows (Amazon Prime), and apps. Almost 50 million Americans visited an Amazon site on their smartphones in July. <a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/chart-amazon-is-by-far-the-largest-smartphone-retail-property-2012-9?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">Over 86 million U.S. smartphone owners accessed a retailers&#39; app or mobile site, meaning 47% went to an Amazon property</a>. The next largest smartphone draw was <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/ebay">eBay</a>, which had 33 million visitors with a reach of 31%.</span></li>
<li><strong>Smartphone Sales:</strong><span> Amazon continues to push forward with the makings of a smartphone platform. The potential platform has been </span><a href="https://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303567704577519800332392724.html" target="_blank" title="WSJ: Amazon, With Suppliers, Is Testing A Smartphone">widely rumored</a><span> but not yet confirmed.</span><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-a-phone-2012-7?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile"> The beginnings of a platform strategy are coming together: a recent purchase of 3D mapping startup UpNext, last year&#39;s acquisition of voice recognition software creator Yap, and the launch of a prepaid wireless service in Japan</a><span>. However, big questions remain about its ability to build out and manage a software platform and design the hardware to deliver it.</span></li>
<li><strong>Mobile ads</strong>: Amazon has the potential to be a huge force in mobile advertising. <a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/amazons-key-strengths-in-advertising-2012-4?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">Data is the lifeblood of online advertising and Amazon has a unique data trove. It&#39;s not just data on what people like to buy, but data on what recommendations work in getting people to buy things. </a></li>
</ul>
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Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:54:00 -0500Business Insider
<p><span><img style="float:right;" src="https://static5.businessinsider.com/image/502d1b9f69bedde17e000003-428-282/amazon.png" border="0" alt="amazon" width="428" height="282"/>U.S. mobile commerce is exploding. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/amazon" class="hidden_link">Amazon</a>, as a leading ecommerce site, is set to grab a big chunk of that.</span></p>
<p>But when it comes to mobile, Amazon&#39;s ambitions are anything but limited to ecommerce. </p>
<p>Recent reports from<a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/welcome?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile"> <strong>BI Intelligence</strong></a> detail Amazon&#39;s mobile ambitions, analyzing everything from the potential impact of a rumored Amazon smartphone to Amazon&#39;s ability to become a huge player in mobile advertising.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/welcome?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile"><strong>Access the Full Reports By Signing Up For A Free Trial Today &gt;&gt;&gt;</strong></a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Here&#39;s a brief overview of Amazon&#39;s mobile ambitions: </strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Tablet Sales:</strong> <a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-a-phone-2012-7?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">Sales of the Kindle Fire have been lukewarm after blowing out of the gates at the end of last year. Sales in the subsequent two quarters are about half what the company sold in that quarter.</a> Amazon is releasing new <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/kindle-fire" class="hidden_link">Kindle Fire</a> tablets, and its tablets are priced very competitively. With the release of the Nexus and the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/ipad" class="hidden_link">iPad</a> mini, the competition has never been hotter. </li>
<li><strong>Software sales</strong>: <a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/who-will-win-the-mobile-platform-wars-2012-8?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">The Amazon Appstore has been a huge success on the Kindle Fire. Developers make almost as much revenue per active user as they do on iOS,</a> and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/apple" class="hidden_link">Apple</a> executives <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-execs-are-starting-to-feel-threatened-by-amazons-app-store-2012-7">reportedly</a> worry that Amazon&#39;s controlled, iTunes-like approach makes it more competitive than other app stores, including one operated by <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/google" class="hidden_link">Google</a>. Given strong early results, Amazon shouldn&#39;t have a hard time convincing developers to bring their apps to an Amazon phone. </li>
<li><strong>Media sales</strong><span>: </span><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-a-phone-2012-7?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">The Kindle Fire is best understood as an interactive catalog which drives sales of all sorts of Amazon products.</a><span> The Kindle ecosystem includes ebooks (Kindle app), music (Amazon MP3), movies and TV shows (Amazon Prime), and apps.</span></li>
<li><strong>Smartphone Sales:</strong><span> Amazon continues to push forward with the makings of a smartphone platform. The potential platform has been </span><a href="https://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303567704577519800332392724.html" target="_blank" title="WSJ: Amazon, With Suppliers, Is Testing A Smartphone">widely rumored</a><span> but not yet confirmed.</span><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-a-phone-2012-7?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile"> The beginnings of a platform strategy are coming together: a recent purchase of 3D mapping startup UpNext, last year&#39;s acquisition of voice recognition software creator Yap, and the launch of a prepaid wireless service in Japan</a><span>. However, big questions remain about its ability to build out and manage a software platform and design the hardware to deliver it.</span></li>
<li><strong>Mobile ads</strong>: Amazon has the potential to be a huge force in mobile advertising. <a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/amazons-key-strengths-in-advertising-2012-4?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">Data is the lifeblood of online advertising and Amazon has a unique data trove. It&#39;s not just data on what people like to buy, but data on what recommendations work in getting people to buy things. </a></li>
</ul>
<p>Our reports and presentations are full of charts and data that you can put to use. </p>
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Thu, 20 Sep 2012 10:20:00 -0400Business Insider
<p><span><img style="float:right;" src="https://static5.businessinsider.com/image/502d1b9f69bedde17e000003-428-282/amazon.png" border="0" alt="amazon" width="428" height="282"/>U.S. mobile commerce is exploding. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/amazon" class="hidden_link">Amazon</a>, as a leading ecommerce site, is set to grab a big chunk of that.</span></p>
<p>But when it comes to mobile, Amazon&#39;s ambitions are anything but limited to ecommerce. </p>
<p>Recent reports from<a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/welcome?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile"> <strong>BI Intelligence</strong></a> detail Amazon&#39;s mobile ambitions, analyzing everything from the potential impact of a rumored Amazon smartphone to Amazon&#39;s ability to become a huge player in mobile advertising.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/welcome?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile"><strong>Access the Full Reports By Signing Up For A Free Trial Today &gt;&gt;&gt;</strong></a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Here&#39;s a brief overview of Amazon&#39;s mobile ambitions: </strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Tablet Sales:</strong> <a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-a-phone-2012-7?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">Sales of the Kindle Fire have been lukewarm after blowing out of the gates at the end of last year. Sales in the subsequent two quarters are about half what the company sold in that quarter.</a> Amazon just announce a new <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/kindle-fire" class="hidden_link">Kindle Fire</a> tablet, and its tablets are priced very competitively. With the release of the Nexus and the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/ipad" class="hidden_link">iPad</a> mini, the competition has never been hotter. </li>
<li><strong>Software sales</strong>: <a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/who-will-win-the-mobile-platform-wars-2012-8?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">The Amazon Appstore has been a huge success on the Kindle Fire. Developers make almost as much revenue per active user as they do on iOS,</a> and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/apple" class="hidden_link">Apple</a> executives <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-execs-are-starting-to-feel-threatened-by-amazons-app-store-2012-7">reportedly</a> worry that Amazon&#39;s controlled, iTunes-like approach makes it more competitive than other app stores, including one operated by <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/google" class="hidden_link">Google</a>. Given strong early results, Amazon shouldn&#39;t have a hard time convincing developers to bring their apps to an Amazon phone. </li>
<li><strong>Media sales</strong><span>: </span><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-a-phone-2012-7?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">The Kindle Fire is best understood as an interactive catalog which drives sales of all sorts of Amazon products.</a><span> The Kindle ecosystem includes ebooks (Kindle app), music (Amazon MP3), movies and TV shows (Amazon Prime), and apps.</span></li>
<li><strong>Smartphone Sales:</strong><span> Amazon continues to push forward with the makings of a smartphone platform. The potential platform has been </span><a href="https://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303567704577519800332392724.html" target="_blank" title="WSJ: Amazon, With Suppliers, Is Testing A Smartphone">widely rumored</a><span> but not yet confirmed.</span><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-a-phone-2012-7?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile"> The beginnings of a platform strategy are coming together: a recent purchase of 3D mapping startup UpNext, last year&#39;s acquisition of voice recognition software creator Yap, and the launch of a prepaid wireless service in Japan</a><span>. However, big questions remain about its ability to build out and manage a software platform and design the hardware to deliver it.</span></li>
<li><strong>Mobile ads</strong>: Amazon has the potential to be a huge force in mobile advertising. <a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/amazons-key-strengths-in-advertising-2012-4?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">Data is the lifeblood of online advertising and Amazon has a unique data trove. It&#39;s not just data on what people like to buy, but data on what recommendations work in getting people to buy things. </a></li>
</ul>
<p>Our reports and presentations are full of charts and data that you can put to use. </p>
<p><strong><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/welcome?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=MP5&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobilehttps://intelligence.businessinsider.com/the-state-of-android-2012-6?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN2&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">For full access to the reports on Amazon&#39;s mobile ambitions sign up for a free trial subscription today.</a></strong></p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bii-report-here-s-how-amazon-is-creating-a-huge-mobile-business-2012-9#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> https://www.businessinsider.com/kindle-fire-specs-versus-ipad-specs-2012-9How The New Kindle Fire HD Stacks Up Against The iPad (AMZN)https://www.businessinsider.com/kindle-fire-specs-versus-ipad-specs-2012-9
Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:17:00 -0400Kevin Smith
<p><a class="hidden_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/amazon">Amazon</a> CEO <a class="hidden_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/jeff-bezos">Jeff Bezos</a> just introduced his company&#39;s newest tablet, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-announces-new-kindle-fire-hd-tablet-2012-9">the Kindle Fire HD</a>.</p>
<p>During the speech, Bezos put up a slide comparing the Apple&#39;s <a class="hidden_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/ipad">iPad</a>, Google&#39;s Nexus 7, and the new <a class="hidden_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/kindle-fire">Kindle Fire</a> HD.</p>
<p><strong><strong>Don&#39;t Miss: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-kindle-gadgets-high-resolution-images-2012-9">Photos of Amazon&#39;s new Kindle Fires and Kindle readers &gt;</a></strong></strong></p>
<p>We decided to delve deeper into the specs with this handy chart comparing the three tablets. (Click to enlarge!)</p>
<p><img src="https://static5.businessinsider.com/image/50490404ecad04a218000016-610-/kindle-fire-new-vs-ipad.png" border="0" alt="kindle fire new vs ipad" width="610"/></p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kindle-fire-specs-versus-ipad-specs-2012-9#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> https://www.businessinsider.com/bii-report-how-amazon-is-trying-to-create-a-huge-mobile-business-2012-8BII REPORT: How Amazon Is Trying To Create A Huge Mobile Business (AMZN)https://www.businessinsider.com/bii-report-how-amazon-is-trying-to-create-a-huge-mobile-business-2012-8
Sun, 19 Aug 2012 09:05:00 -0400Business Insider
<p><span><img style="float:right;" src="https://static5.businessinsider.com/image/502d1b9f69bedde17e000003-428-282/amazon.png" border="0" alt="amazon" width="428" height="282"/>U.S. mobile commerce is exploding. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/amazon" class="hidden_link">Amazon</a>, as a leading ecommerce site, is set to grab a big chunk of that.</span></p>
<p>But when it comes to mobile, Amazon&#39;s ambitions are anything but limited to ecommerce. </p>
<p>Recent reports from<a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/welcome?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile"> <strong>BI Intelligence</strong></a> detail Amazon&#39;s mobile ambitions, analyzing everything from the potential impact of a rumored Amazon smartphone to Amazon&#39;s ability to become a huge player in mobile advertising.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/welcome?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile"><strong>Access the Full Reports By Signing Up For A Free Trial Today &gt;&gt;&gt;</strong></a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Here&#39;s a brief overview of Amazon&#39;s mobile ambitions: </strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Tablet Sales:</strong> <a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-a-phone-2012-7?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">Sales of the Kindle Fire have been lukewarm after blowing out of the gates at the end of last year. Sales in the subsequent two quarters are about half what the company sold in that quarter.</a> Amazon is expected to announce a new <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/kindle-fire" class="hidden_link">Kindle Fire</a> tablet very soon, with a reported Q3 release to the market. With the release of the Nexus and the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/ipad" class="hidden_link">iPad</a> mini, the competition has never been hotter. </li>
<li><strong>Smartphone Sales:</strong> Amazon continues to push forward with the makings of a smartphone platform. The potential platform has been <a href="https://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303567704577519800332392724.html" target="_blank" title="WSJ: Amazon, With Suppliers, Is Testing A Smartphone">widely rumored</a> but not yet confirmed.<a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-a-phone-2012-7?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile"> The beginnings of a platform strategy are coming together: a recent purchase of 3D mapping startup UpNext, last year&#39;s acquisition of voice recognition software creator Yap, and the launch of a prepaid wireless service in Japan</a>. However, big questions remain about its ability to build out and manage a software platform and design the hardware to deliver it.</li>
<li><strong>Software sales</strong>: <a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/who-will-win-the-mobile-platform-wars-2012-8?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">The Amazon Appstore has been a huge success on the Kindle Fire. Developers make almost as much revenue per active user as they do on iOS,</a> and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/apple" class="hidden_link">Apple</a> executives <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-execs-are-starting-to-feel-threatened-by-amazons-app-store-2012-7">reportedly</a> worry that Amazon&#39;s controlled, iTunes-like approach makes it more competitive than other app stores, including one operated by <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/google" class="hidden_link">Google</a>. Given strong early results, Amazon shouldn&#39;t have a hard time convincing developers to bring their apps to an Amazon phone. </li>
<li><strong>Mobile ads</strong>: Amazon has the potential to be a huge force in mobile advertising. <a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/amazons-key-strengths-in-advertising-2012-4?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">Data is the lifeblood of online advertising and Amazon has a unique data trove. It&#39;s not just data on what people like to buy, but data on what recommendations work in getting people to buy things. </a></li>
<li><strong>Media sales</strong>: <a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/amazon-takes-another-step-towards-a-phone-2012-7?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">The Kindle Fire is best understood as an interactive catalog which drives sales of all sorts of Amazon products.</a> The Kindle ecosystem includes ebooks (Kindle app), music (Amazon MP3), movies and TV shows (Amazon Prime), and apps.</li>
</ul>
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<p><strong><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/welcome?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=MP5&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobilehttps://intelligence.businessinsider.com/the-state-of-android-2012-6?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=AMZN&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">For full access to the reports on Amazon&#39;s mobile ambitions sign up for a free trial subscription today.</a></strong></p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bii-report-how-amazon-is-trying-to-create-a-huge-mobile-business-2012-8#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-will-announce-the-next-generation-kindle-fire-on-july-31-report-2012-6Amazon Will Announce The Next Generation Kindle Fire On July 31 [REPORT] (AMZN)https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-will-announce-the-next-generation-kindle-fire-on-july-31-report-2012-6
Tue, 26 Jun 2012 06:44:00 -0400Seth Fiegerman
<p><img style="float:right;" src="https://static4.businessinsider.com/image/4edd56636bb3f7a83e000006/kindle-fire-fire.jpg" border="0" alt="kindle fire fire"/></p><p><a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-33198_7-57459872-286/kindle-fire-2-may-hit-as-soon-as-july/" target="_blank">CNET reports</a> hearing from a &#34;credible source&#34; that <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/amazon" class="hidden_link">Amazon</a> is planning to announce the second-generation <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/kindle-fire" class="hidden_link">Kindle Fire</a> on July 31.</p>
<p>According to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/cnet" class="hidden_link">CNET</a>, the new Kindle Fire will have a camera as well as physical volume control buttons.</p>
<p>CNET&#39;s source did not comment on whether the device would get more memory or whether the price would stay at $199. Although, the publication did hear from other sources at the company that Amazon would likely to stay close to current price points for its Kindle products.</p>
<p>The original Kindle fire wasn&#39;t announced until last September, but CNET isn&#39;t the only publication to suggest it might come a bit earlier this year. A separate <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-is-going-to-sell-the-kindle-fire-150-says-digitimes-2012-6" target="_blank">report from DigiTimes</a> (a publication with a mixed track record) also said that Amazon would release the next Kindle Fire in the beginning of the third quarter.</p>
<p>If true, this would suggest Amazon is looking to fast-track its upgrades to keep ahead of the growing competition, including new devices from <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/barnes-and-noble" class="hidden_link">Barnes and Noble</a> and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/google" class="hidden_link">Google</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-will-announce-the-next-generation-kindle-fire-on-july-31-report-2012-6#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> https://www.businessinsider.com/skyhook-wireless-kindle-fire-2012-3This Startup Is Fixing A Major Problem With The Kindle Fire (AMZN)https://www.businessinsider.com/skyhook-wireless-kindle-fire-2012-3
Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:22:00 -0400Jay Yarow
<p><img style="float:right;" src="https://static2.businessinsider.com/image/4dec668b49e2ae3021030000-343-257/ted-morgan.jpg" border="0" alt="Ted Morgan" width="343" height="257"/></p><p>When <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/amazon">Amazon</a> decided to fork <a class="hidden_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/android">Android</a> and build its own operating system, it ended up missing out on some key parts of the Android ecosystem, according to Ted Morgan, CEO of Skyhook Wireless.</p>
<p>It didn&#39;t get the Android Market, it didn&#39;t get <a class="hidden_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/google-maps">Google Maps</a>, and it didn&#39;t get location services.</p>
<p>The first one is not a big deal, since <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazons-appstore-an-afterthought-among-android-developers-2011-11">Amazon has its own App Store</a>. The other two are problematic for developers. Without Maps or Location, a lot of apps are &#34;broken,&#34; says Morgan.</p>
<p>To solve the location problem, developers are partnering with Skyhook Wireless, which uses WiFi signals to determine location. The <a class="hidden_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/kindle-fire">Kindle Fire</a> has been great for Skyhook. Morgan says a lot of developers are coming to him to fill in that missing piece for applications.</p>
<p>This morning, Skyhook is announcing that it partnered with TweetCaster, one of the most popular third party <a class="hidden_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/twitter">Twitter</a> apps. TweetCaster CEO Evan Conway told us it was a snap working with Skyhook to get location added to its app. &#34;It took a couple of days, and from an end users experience, you don&#39;t even notice it.&#34;</p>
<p>Both <a class="hidden_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/apple">Apple</a> and Google have their own technology for location, which has been bad for Skyhook. Filling in a missing piece for Amazon has been good for business. Skyhook charges by users, or a share of ad revenue.</p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/skyhook-wireless-kindle-fire-2012-3#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> https://www.businessinsider.com/key-windows-phone-leader-goes-to-amazon-2012-2Key Windows Phone Leader Goes To Amazon (MSFT, AMZN)https://www.businessinsider.com/key-windows-phone-leader-goes-to-amazon-2012-2
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:46:00 -0500Matt Rosoff
<p><img style="float:right;" src="https://static2.businessinsider.com/image/4f2c79546bb3f7277200000b/brandon-watson-microsoft.jpg" border="0" alt="Brandon Watson Microsoft"/></p><p>Brandon Watson, who was in charge of getting developers to build apps for <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/windows" class="hidden_link">Windows</a> Phone, is quitting Microsoft to work on <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/kindle" class="hidden_link">Kindle</a> apps at <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/amazon" class="hidden_link">Amazon</a>.</p>
<p>Mary Jo Foley at ZDNet <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/windows-phone-developer-lead-leaves-for-amazons-kindle-team/11814">first reported the news</a>.</p>
<p>Watson told us that he was attracted to Amazon largely because he&#39;s a huge fan of the Kindle. In fact, in 2009 he was featured in a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/technology/21books.html">New York Times article</a> talking about how much more he started reading after he bought a Kindle.</p>
<p>Watson was originally <a href="http://www.manyniches.com/windows-phone/windows-phone-dev-ecosystem-one-year-on/">recruited to the role by Charlie Kindel</a>, who once held a similar role on the Windows Phone team.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/windows-phone-manager-quits-to-start-mystery-company-2011-8">Kindel left Microsoft earlier this year</a> to found a mystery startup.</p>
<p>Earlier this week, it leaked that the next version of <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/the-next-windows-phone-will-have-a-lot-in-common-with-windows-8-2012-2">Windows Phone would be based on a lot of the same technology as Windows 8</a>. That&#39;s a big switch from the current state, where Windows Phone uses different underlying technology, and may indicate that the Windows team is taking more control over Microsoft&#39;s phone platform.</p>
<p>Last month, Microsoft replaced the head of its mobile division, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/andy-lees-microsoft-2011-12">Andy Lees</a>, with one of his lieutenants, Terry Myerson. Lees is still with the company, but in a mysterious new role.</p>
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Fri, 23 Dec 2011 07:00:00 -0500Matt Lynley
<p><img style="float:right;" src="https://static1.businessinsider.com/image/4ef4120769bedd3038000016/google-logo-over-uc-berkeley.jpg" border="0" alt="Google logo over U.C. Berkeley" /></p><p>Good Morning! Here's the news:</p>
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<li><strong>The next generation of <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/blackberry">BlackBerry</a> software was delayed <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackberry-10-2011-12">because it is a total mess</a></strong>.</li>
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<li><strong>Silicon Valley's power couple Ali and <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/mark-pincus">Mark Pincus</a> are <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/mark-pincus-apartment-2011-12">selling their home in San Francisco</a></strong>.</li>
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<li><strong>Pinterest's traffic is <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/trending-up-pinterest-had-11-million-visits-last-week-2011-12">up 40 times in the past six months</a></strong>.</li>
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<li><strong>Google is paying $300 million for its deal as <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/google-is-paying-300-million-a-year-for-firefox-placement-2011-12">exclusive search provider for the Firefox browser</a></strong>.</li>
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<li><strong><a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/netflix">Netflix</a> <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/netflix-just-slashed-reed-hastings-stock-option-allowance-in-half-2011-12">slashed Reed Hastings' stock option allowance in half for 2011</a>.</strong></li>
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<p>According to mobile app analytics company Distimo, these were the most popular apps from around the world on every platform.</p>
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<p>Yesterday we gave you the play by play of Jeff Bezos' <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/kindle-fire" class="hidden_link">Kindle Fire</a> unveiling. But a live blog doesn't do it justice.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/amazon" class="hidden_link">Amazon</a> was kind enough to post the entire 50+ minute presentation to <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/youtube" class="hidden_link">YouTube</a>. Enjoy!</p>
<p><iframe width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rm92Tnp953c"></iframe></p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-kindle-fire-keynote-video-2011-9#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> https://www.businessinsider.com/kindle-magazine-subscriptions-2011-7This Is Amazon's New Way Around Apple's App Store Subscription Rules (AMZN, AAPL)https://www.businessinsider.com/kindle-magazine-subscriptions-2011-7
Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:19:00 -0400Ellis Hamburger
<p><img style="float:right;" src="https://static2.businessinsider.com/image/4e2d91ddecad04be3d000068/jeff-bezos-ipad.png" border="0" alt="jeff bezos ipad"/></p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/amazon" class="hidden_link">Amazon</a> just updated its <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/kindle" class="hidden_link">Kindle</a> App for <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/iphone" class="hidden_link">iPhone</a> and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/ipad" class="hidden_link">iPad</a> to include <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Magazines/b/ref=amb_link_355500722_79?ie=UTF8&amp;node=1263069011&amp;pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=left-1&amp;pf_rd_r=0VSKJ2BMTZQXHH23D9DH&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=1309893442&amp;pf_rd_i=133141011">magazine</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Newspapers/b/ref=amb_link_355500722_74?ie=UTF8&amp;node=1263068011&amp;pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=left-1&amp;pf_rd_r=0VSKJ2BMTZQXHH23D9DH&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=1309893442&amp;pf_rd_i=133141011">newspaper</a> content from more than 100 publications like <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/national-geographic" class="hidden_link">National Geographic</a>, The Economist, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/the-new-yorker" class="hidden_link">The New Yorker</a>, and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/the-new-york-times" class="hidden_link">The New York Times</a>.</p>
<p>Due to Apple&#39;s recent in-app <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-kindle-app-2010-2">&#34;store button&#34; lockdown</a>, <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/amazon">Amazon</a> was forced to remove the &#34;<a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/kindle">Kindle</a> Store&#34; button from the app.</p>
<p>Now, you&#39;ll need to navigate to the Kindle Store manually from your computer&#39;s web browser or <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/safari" class="hidden_link">Safari</a> for your <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/iphone">iPhone</a> or <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/ipad">iPad</a>.</p>
<p>If you sign up for a subscription, new content comes in under the &#34;Archived Items&#34; folder in the Kindle app.</p>
<p>It&#39;s a sneaky way around Apple&#39;s subscription rules, because while the content doesn&#39;t download automatically (like it will with Apple&#39;s &#34;Newsstand&#34; app coming in <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/ios" class="hidden_link">iOS</a> 5), the magazine and newspaper titles get beamed down so you can pick which ones you want to download.</p>
<p>All the while, Amazon avoids Apple&#39;s 30% cut for new purchased content.</p>
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Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:27:00 -0400Ellis Hamburger
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<p><img style="float:right;" src="https://static5.businessinsider.com/image/4de67201cadcbb6070190000/delivereads-title-image.jpg" border="0" alt="delivereads title image"/>Finding books to read on your <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/kindle" class="hidden_link">Kindle</a> is simple, but what about a little bit of lighter reading?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.delivereads.com" target="_blank">Delivereads</a> is a free service run by <a href="https://about.me/dave" target="_blank">Dave Pell</a>, the self-proclaimed &#34;internet celebrity&#34; behind <a href="http://tweetagewasteland.com/" target="_blank">Tweetage Wasteland</a>, a wonderful blog about the web and social media.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-use-delivereads-for-kindle-2011-6/first-head-to-delivereadscom-and-click-manage-my-kindle-this-will-take-you-to-amazons-kindle-page-so-you-can-approve-the-delivereads-email-address-1"><strong>Click here to learn how to use Delivereads &gt;</strong></a></p>
<p>If anybody has good taste in what&#39;s hot online, it&#39;s Dave. Sign up for Delivereads, and the service will push some great articles straight to your <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/kindle" class="hidden_link">Kindle</a> in easy-to-read format every week.</p>
<p>Some of Deliveread&#39;s recent picks include top content from TIME, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/the-new-yorker" class="hidden_link">The New Yorker</a>, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/wired" class="hidden_link">Wired</a> Magazine, and more.</p>
<p>(via <a href="https://lifehacker.com/5806906/delivereads-sends-curated-articles-to-your-kindle" target="_blank">Lifehacker</a>)</p>
</div><h3>First, head to Delivereads.com and click "Manage My Kindle." This will take you to Amazon's Kindle page so you can approve the Delivereads email address.</h3>
<img src="https://static3.businessinsider.com/image/4de671044bd7c8a80b0e0000-400-300/first-head-to-delivereadscom-and-click-manage-my-kindle-this-will-take-you-to-amazons-kindle-page-so-you-can-approve-the-delivereads-email-address.jpg" alt="" />
<br/><br/><h3>Scroll down to your "Kindle Approved Email List" and type in dave@delivereads.com. Click "Add Address" to the right of the text box.</h3>
<img src="https://static3.businessinsider.com/image/4de6748acadcbb6a72130000-400-300/scroll-down-to-your-kindle-approved-email-list-and-type-in-davedelivereadscom-click-add-address-to-the-right-of-the-text-box.jpg" alt="" />
<br/><br/><h3>Go back to Delivereads.com and enter in your Kindle email address. Your content should be pushed to your Kindle within the hour.</h3>
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<br/><br/><h3>You'll get a welcome greeting, as well as your first dose of Delivereads. When each new issue comes in, it'll push your last one to the back issues folder on your Kindle.</h3>
<img src="https://static2.businessinsider.com/image/4de670a6cadcbb52701e0000-400-300/youll-get-a-welcome-greeting-as-well-as-your-first-dose-of-delivereads-when-each-new-issue-comes-in-itll-push-your-last-one-to-the-back-issues-folder-on-your-kindle.jpg" alt="" />
<br/><br/><h3>When you open a Delivereads periodical, there's a table of contents with summaries. Click one to jump to it, or just page forward.</h3>
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<br/><br/><h3>Articles look great. No fluff, images, or ads. Just how you like to read on your Kindle.</h3>
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<br/><br/><h3>Now that you've seen Delivereads.....</h3>
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<br/><br/> https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-android-honeycomb-tablet-app-2011-4Amazon's Kindle App Gets A Refreshing Android Honeycomb Tablet Upgrade (AMZN, GOOG)https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-android-honeycomb-tablet-app-2011-4
Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:55:00 -0400Steve Kovach
<p><img style="float:right;" src="https://static1.businessinsider.com/image/4db098efcadcbbc629040000/kindle-honeycomb-android-app.jpg" border="0" alt="kindle honeycomb android app"/></p><p>Amazon announced today that it has launched a new app designed specifically for tablets running Android 3.0 Honeycomb.</p>
<p>Like the iPad app, the Honeycomb version of Amazon takes advantage of the larger screens on tablets. You can also sync all your book purchases between your phone, Kindle reader, and Honeycomb tablet.</p>
<p>You can download the app for free from the <a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.amazon.kindle&amp;feature=search_result">Android Market</a> or the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Amazon-com-Kindle-for-Android/dp/B004DLPXAO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=mobile-apps&amp;qid=1303418861&amp;sr=1-1">Amazon Appstore</a>.</p>
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Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:46:00 -0400Dan Frommer
<p><img style="float:right;" src="https://static5.businessinsider.com/image/3db9b914a15e9049967a1700/jeff-bezos-kindle-2.jpg" border="0" alt="jeff bezos kindle 2"/></p><p>Amazon&#39;s Kindle App Store, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-shoots-back-at-apple-with-kindle-app-platform-2010-1">announced in January</a>, is finally rolling out.</p>
<p>As <a href="http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/08/amazon_release_2_games_for_kindle_beginning_of_kindle_app_store.html">TechFlash notes</a>, the first two games are free word games, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003P37FW0">Every Word</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Shuffled-Row/dp/B003P38AAG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&amp;s=digital-text&amp;qid=1280949769&amp;sr=1-1">Shuffled Row</a>.</p>
<p>They&#39;re simple, but what did you expect?</p>
<p>Last week, Amazon told us that &#34;we have some great developers in the beta.&#34;</p>
<p>What&#39;s next? Earlier, Electronic Arts and Handmark/Zagat Guide were <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-shoots-back-at-apple-with-kindle-app-platform-2010-1">reportedly</a> working on the Kindle app kit. So EA might have some sort of Scrabble game out in the future.</p><h3>Shuffled Row</h3>
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<br/><br/><h3>Shuffled Row</h3>
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<br/><br/><h3>Shuffled Row</h3>
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<br/><br/><h3>Shuffled Row</h3>
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<br/><br/><h3>Every Word</h3>
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<br/><br/><h3>Every Word</h3>
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<br/><br/><h3>Every Word</h3>
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<br/><br/><h3>Every Word</h3>
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<br/><br/><h3>Now, don't miss...</h3>
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